La Liga Preview: Villarreal - Mallorca

After the distraction of the Europa League in midweek, Villarreal return to domestic action against Mallorca on Saturday afternoon. Both teams are exceeding expectations towards their performance in La Liga at present, though it will be the Yellow Submarine who start this match as firm favourites to claim three points.

In midweek they made the trip to Club Brugge and picked up a useful 2-1 victory, fielding a relatively strong side given that qualification was already assured. Giuseppe Rossi levelled the score for the visiting side after Dorge Kouemaha had given the Belgians the advantage, and the Italian international soon put his side ahead from the penalty spo